08/02/2024

From the Cold War to Evan Gershkovich

A new twist in U.S.-Russia prisoner swaps

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on NPR in August 2022. It has been updated with the latest exchange of prisoners.

In a darkened exhibit hall at the International Spy Museum, Executive Director Chris Costa recounts the most dramatic prisoner swap between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

In 1960, the U.S. had limited human intelligence on the ground inside the Soviet Union, and desperately wanted more information on its military capabilities.

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